Automatic bucket tally



1933- F. DQELLERMEIER AUTOMATIC BUCKET TALLY Filed March 9, 1932 mmmm Patented Aug. 22, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT orFfIcE;

- Application March 9, 1932. Serial No. 597,182 1 Claim. (01. 235- 94) This invention aims to provide a simple but effective means whereby a tally may be kept, for instance, of the amount of liquid, such as gasoline, that is drawn out of a tank, the device being of peculiar utility whenmotor fuel is drawn from a delivery tank into cans, although the invention, of course, is not confined to that particular use.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the inventionappertains. Y

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of con struction hereinafter described and claimed, it

being understood that changes in the precise em-' bodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed,

without departing from the spirit of the inven-.

being broken away;

Fig. 2 is a top plan, wherein parts are broken a Fig. 3 is a section Fig.4 is an elevation of the body ticle, parts being in section;

Fig. 5 is a fragmental top plan showing a portion of the lever. i In carrying out the invention, there is provided a tubular body 1, preferably made of metal, and provided at its upper endwith'a recess 30, shown in Fig. 2. The body 1 is supplied at its upper end with a wrench head 2. On the lower end of the body lthere is a reduced, threaded tip 3. Intermediate itsends, the body 1 is sup of the arplied with outstanding lugs 4. From one of the lugs 4, a short first shaft 5 projects, a long second shaft 6 projecting from the other lug, and these shafts being in axial alinement,

Below the shaft 5, the body 1 has an out pression spring 10, housed in the guide 8.

on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2;I

straddling the body 1. For convenience in asi sembly, the lever 11 may properly be made in two parts, as shown at 12 in Fig. 2 each of these parts carrying one of the constituent 'members of a' supporting element or book 14, themembers of the hook, and, therefore, the entire lever 11, being held together by securing elements ,15

upon opposite sides of its fulcrum 6, the second arm 16 of the lever 11 has outwardly extended, oppositely-bevelled actuating pawls 18, which are shown in Fig.5.

A circular tallydis'k 19 is journaled for rotation on the second shaft 6, outwardly of the second arm 16 of the lever 11.' The tally disk "19'canslide, longitudinally of the second shaft 6, but it is pressed inwardly by a compression spring'ZO, disposed about the said shaft, the inner end of the spring bearing against the tally disk 19', and the outer end of the spring bearing against a detachable abutment 21 on the shaft 6. The abutment 21 may be simply a washer and a cotter pin. Fig. 3 shows that, upon its inner surface, the tally disk .19 has a ratchet wheel 22, adapted to cooperate with the actuat 1 ing pawls 18 Of the second arm 16 of the lever 11, and with the back stop pawl 9. On itsedge, the tally'disk 19 has graduations. 23 of any desired kind, such as numerals, and if the gasoline or other liquid-is to be dispensed in five gallon units, the graduations 23'may read in stepsof five. As the telly disk 19 is rotated, the grad-' uations 23 appear, one at a' time, through an opening in an index wing 24, shown in Fig. 2, the index wing being attached to the wrench head 20f the body 1. I

A return or lifting spring for the lever 11 is' provided, and is marked by the numeral 25. This spring is coiled about the first shaft 5 on the body 1, one end of the spring being hooked] I underneath the first arm 1'7 of the lever 11, and the other end of the spring having a bearing in a notch in the stud '7. When the spring 25 lifts the lever 11 to the position shown in Fig.1, the arch of the lever comes into engagement with the wrench head 2 of the body 1.

The numeral 26 indicates a spout, which may tank wagon (not shown). 28, of any desired kind, and under thecontrol 'the action of the return spring 25, ii

be of any desired construction, and for the purposes of the present discussion, it will be pre-. sumed that gasoline is supplied to the spout 26 through an inlet 27 connected to the common A valve mechanism of an operator, regulates the flow of gasoline through the spout 26.

The lower endof the spout 26is threaded into the recess 30 of the body 1, and, thus, the device is assembled with the spout. Some special makes of gasoline cans render it desirable to thread an extension 29 on the tip 3 of the body 1, but whether or not the extension 29 1s used,'is a matter of choice. i

In'practical operation, the can to be filled is hung on the suspension. element i l of the lever 11, and the valve 28 is opened. The gasoline runs into the can, and after a time, the combined weight of the gasoline and the can is suffic'ient to swing the lever ll downwardly, against til the .archof the lever engages the lower portion of the body 1. As the lever 11 swings downwardly,

the actuating pawls 18 on the second arm 16 of thelever turn-the tally disk 19 on the second shaft 6, and one of the numerals 23 on the edgeof the tally disk appears through'the opening' of the index wing 24.

11 swings upwardly on the shafts 5 and 6, under the action of the return spring 25. During this upward movement of the hooked end of the lever -11, the back stoppawl'il, under the action of the spring 10, cooperates with the ratchetv wheel 22 on the inner surface of the tally disk 10, and

holds the tallydisl: against retrograde rotation. Although the tally disk1i9 thus is held against backward rotation, the "actuating" paw'is 18 of the lever '11- can click over the ratchet wheel 22.

I This is so, because the tally disl; can slide out 1 When the filled can is lifted oiT'the suspension element 14, the lever is hung on the suspension el V and the lever engaging the body when the lever through the hole in the index wing 24, at the exposed nuineral withinthe index wing, in a way which will be undestood readily when Fig. 2 of the drawing is noted. 7

They tally mechanism does not interfere in any way with the dispensing of liquid when it is desired to keep no tally. The usual dispensing hose (not shown) may be connected to the tip 3. of the body 1, and the valve mechanism 28 maybe manipulated to permit the gasoline to run through freely the spent 28, the body 1, and the hose, in the usual way. 7

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:-

In a device of the class described, a tubular body, oppositely disposed. first and second shafts outstanding from thebedy, a forked lever span-- ning the body and comprising suspension element, the lever embodying a first arm mounted to swing on the first and a second arm mounted to'swing on the second shaft, an actuating pawl rigidly mounted on the'second arm; a tally disk journaled on the second shaft and slidable inwardly and outwardly longitudinally of the second shaft, the ually disk being supplied on its inner with ratchet wheel, wherewith the actuating pawl cooperates, a back stop for moving the back stop pawl outwardly, so

that the back stop pawl will keep. its hold, on the ratchet wheel the tally disk moves out wardly to let actuatin pawl click over the ratchet wheel, .and'spring meansior raising the lever, the lever engaging the body to stopthe downward movement of the leverwhen an article nent of the lever,

FRANK D. ELLERIJIEIER.

being necessary for the operator merely to glance 

